Button Sewing; Overcasting Stitch - Kenmore 385.18330 Owner's Manual

Button Sewing
Stitch selector: 5
Stitch width: 2 to 6.5
(_ Stitch length: Any
(_ Needle thread tension: 2 to 6
(_ Presser foot A: Zigzag foot
(_) Feed dogs: Dropped
Drop the feed dogs_ Match the holes on a button with the
horizontal slot on the Presser foot [A} Adjust stitch width
matching the distance of the holes on the button Lower the
foot to hold the button in place. Checkto see if the needle
enters into the holes on the button by turning the handwheel
by hand. Sew about ten (10) stitches.
To strengthen the shank, cut the threads leaving about
4 O"(10.0 cm). Bring the needle thread down through one of
the holes on the button and wind it around the shank° Bring
the needle thread to the wrong side (bottom side) and knot.
After button sewing is completed, raise the feed dogs for
normal sewing,
Overcasting Stitch
(_ Stitch selector:
(_ Stitch width:
(_ Stitch length:
(_ Needle thread tension:
(_ Presser foot A:
(_) Presser foot C:
5
5 to 6.5
Red zone
3to8
Zigzag foot
Overedge foot
NOTE: 1
Set the sti:lch width 5..0 to 6.5 when the overedge foot C
is used t0 'l_revent needle breakage or damaging the
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This is useful in garment construction and in finishing raw
edges of any sewing project..
Start overcasting about 1/8"(0.3cm) inside the raw corner of
a seam. If you start right at the edge, the fabric bunches up
and the stitches become tangled..
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